Stockton Institute for Lifelong Learning - Stockton Center on Successful Aging

Rosie the Riveter: Women Defense Workers of WWII

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | 12 - 1 p.m.

Hammonton Room 201, 307 on 5/6

During WWII, women worked for the defense industry as welders, riveters, machinists, and much more. In this course, learn about the real-life Rosie the Riveters who stepped into new roles and became an essential part of the war effort.

Patty Chappine is an adjunct professor at Stockton University. Her recent book New Jersey Women during World War II: On the Home Front and Abroad was published by Lexington Books in 2024.

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.

Reading as a Way of Life

Mondays, June 2, 9, 16, & 30

Monday, June 2, 2025 | 9 - 10 a.m.

Stockton at Hammonton Room 201

Come and explore reading as a lifelong journey, focusing on how it shapes identity, critical thinking, and understanding of the world. Participants will discuss the emotional and cultural impact of books, share meaningful passages, and celebrate the joy of literature in a collaborative space. Bring your love for reading and your favorite passages as we create a shared space to celebrate and reflect on the joy and importance of literature.

Professor Erin O’Hanlon

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.

Understanding Cannabis from Past to Present

Tuesdays, June 3, 10, 17 & 24

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | 12 - 1 p.m.

Online via Zoom

The history of cannabis is long, complex, and fascinating. While it has been used in a variety of ways by humans for many years, we have a complicated relationship with the plant today. To understand more about this controversial flowering herb, we can look to major historical events, public policy and public opinion, and marijuana messaging over the last century to gain insight about the continued federal prohibition, despite state-by-state legalization.

Professor Angela Speakman is a member of the teaching staff for the Hemp and Cannabis Business Management degree program at Stockton University. Also, she is the Founder/CEO of Elucidation Strategies, a cannabis education and planning agency.

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.

Conversational French for Adults (Part 1)

Thursdays, June 5, 12, 19, & 26

Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 4 - 5 p.m.

Stockton Galloway Campus Room TBD

Using dual French and English, Session I includes special techniques for adult learners, beginners or intermediates. Included are class exercises with French words and phrases recognizable in English, expressions useful for personal needs (travel, business or simply friendship and cultural interests). Scholars claim that language learning creates new neural pathways in the adult brain, keeping it active and healthy.

Professor Jacques Press is an experienced instructor with an international background who spent many years at Stockton University. Fluent in French and English, he has conducted several conversation classes to local adults, under the direction of Stockton’s Office on Continuing Studies. Currently, he facilitates regular French online weekly meetings to a wider community of interest.

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.